The Arab League has agreed to present to the UN Security Council a draft resolution that will set a timeframe for the creation of a Palestinian state. “We can no longer wait. We can no longer live with the status quo. Israel wants us to be an authority without authority,”[…]
The Claremont Main Road Masjid (CMRM) has given its support for the ‘International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people’, set to take place on Saturday 29th November. The landmark day comes during heightened tensions in the West Bank, stemming from several incidents of illegal settlers desecrating Masjid al-Aqsa. It[…]
A United Nations agency declared a state of “emergency” in Gaza City on Thursday, after two days of heavy rains and flooding in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave. “Hundreds of residents in the flooded areas around Sheikh Radwan storm water lagoon have evacuated their homes,” the UN agency for Palestinian refugees[…]
The United Nations has warned that about 50% of the Syrian population is in urgent need for humanitarian aid, calling on the Security Council to push for ending the conflict in the Middle Eastern country. “This is a conflict that is affecting every Syrian,” Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Coordination of[…]
The UN Security Council has added a Libyan armed group accused of involvement in the 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi, to its list of terrorist groups. The council blacklisted Ansar al-Sharia on Wednesday for its ties to al-Qaeda, instating an arms embargo, assets freeze and global travel[…]
The United Nations has adopted a landmark resolution condemning North Korean rights abuses and laying the groundwork for putting the Pyongyang regime in the dock for crimes against humanity. A resolution asking the Security Council to refer North Korea to the International Criminal Court passed by a resounding vote of[…]
Lebanon has been without a president, who is also the commander-in-chief, since May because of disagreements between lawmakers. The 15-member council “expressed concern at the prolonged vacancy in the office of the presidency with a view to preserving the stability and the unity of Lebanon,” said Australian Ambassador Gary Quinlan,[…]
The United Nations envoy for Syria on Tuesday said that a proposal to “freeze” fighting in the key northern city of Aleppo could provide a model for progress in the war-torn country. The UN proposal was “a new way for approaching the de-escalation of violence in particular in one place[…]
Libya’s Supreme Court has announced the dissolution of the UN-backed elected parliament, which has taken refuge in the eastern city of Tobruk, while another parliament vying for legitimacy is stationed in the capital, Tripoli. “The Constitutional Circuit in the Supreme Court has ruled on Thursday to accept the appeal concerning[…]
Palestinians and Jordanians have urged the UN Security Council to demand that Israel immediately stop provocations and incitement against Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, warning that further escalation could lead to another crisis threatening peace in the Middle East. The warning on Wednesday followed what the Palestinians described as the[…]
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